Improvement in soda-bottle carriers



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NITED STATES ALBERT F. KNORP, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SODA-BOTTLE CARRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,005, dated J one 29, 1875; application filed May 25, 1875;

To all whom itmag concern Be it known that I, ALBERT F. KNORP, of San Francisco city and county, State of California, have invented an Improved Soda-Bottle Carrier; and I do hereby declare the folings are sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention or improvement without further invention or experiment.

The object of my invention is toprovide an improved case or carrier for bottled liquids, and which is especially intended for carrying liquids which are contained in bottles under pressure, such as soda-water, ginger beer, and the like. i

In order to describe my invention, so that construction and operation, reference is bad to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views of my Fig. 3 is a view of the lower side of the cover. Fig. 4 is a view of the lock.-

Let A represent a box or case of any desired size -or shape, and which is provided with a-cover, B. Inside of this box or case, at the proper distance from its bottom, I construct a horizontal partition, 0, which should be at least an inch and a halt in thickness, although a board of less thickness could be used, if desired. Through this partition I make the holes a, in which the bottles are to, be held. These holes are wider at the top and their sides are concaved, so that the shoulders of the inverted bottles will fit snugly in them, and so that they will provide a perfect seat to supportthe bottles in their inverted position. These holes I make quite close together, so that when a bottle is placed in each hole but a small space will be left between the bodies of the bottles, thus preventing them from knocking against each other with sufficient force to break them when the case is moved or shaken. The shape of the holes corresponds so closely with the shape of the shoulders of the bottles that the bottles will be quite firmly seated and it will require more than an ordinary shock to displace them. V e l The ordinary method of holding these bottles in place is to employ two partitions, one above another. In this case the holes in the upper partition were made large enough to admit the .body of the bottle, while the holes in the lower one were only large enough to racks, because the lower board or partition was concealed from view by the upper partition, thus often wasting bottle.

By my arrangement this trouble is avoided, and a much neater and cheaper device is provided.

In one end of the case A I make an opening, P, near the bottom and below the partition 0, through which any broken pieces of glass or other substance which may get below the partition can be easily removed, and which will permit any liquid to pass out which may get into the case, either by the breakage of a bottle or otherwise.

I thus provide a cheap and simple soda-bottle carrier or case. The partition 0, with its tapering holes with concave sides, can also be used in an open soda-bottle carrier.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The partition 0 of a soda-bottle carrier, having the tapering hole a, with its concave side, which is made to fit the shoulder of the bottle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A case or carrier for soda-bottles, having the single partition (J, with its tapering concave holes a, and provided with the opening P below the partition, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

ALBERT F. KNOBP. [L.S.,] Witnesses:

Gno. H. STRONG, JNo. L. BooNE.

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